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Baby Bank

By Sarah Robinson
Baby Bank by Sarah Robinson digital book - Fable

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* An Apple Books Top Romance for Pride Month*

 

 

"A delightfully witty sapphic romance that is deeper than I had anticipated and these emotions underlie the humor and sarcasm used to tell the story." - The Lesbian Review

 

 

"A Washington, D.C.–based pansexual attorney and fledgling comedian decides to impregnate herself in this romantic comedy...a chaotic protagonist drives a funny, flawed romance!" - Kirkus Reviews

 

"This is the first in a new series of stand alone lesbian books. I will be ready to read what ever the author writes next." - Goodreads Review

 

"This book is all about female empowerment and choosing the family you want!" - NetGalley Review

 

Mila Torres is a successful divorce lawyer by day, stand-up comedian by night and by all accounts—except her mother's—living a bisexual elder millennial's dream life in Washington, DC. That is, until she realizes she's only a year away from hitting the ripe old age of thirty-five and her doctor suggests at her annual pap smear that maybe she should consider freezing her eggs if she wants kids in the future. Except, she doesn't want a child in the far future…she wants a child right now. 

 

This poses a bit of a problem since she's ten swipes past single and living Golden Girls style with two of her best friends who work on Capitol Hill and one ornery old cat. That is, until she hears a story from a friend about a free sperm bank online app called Baby Bank. A few margaritas later and Mila has swiped on over fifty sperm donors until she finds the perfect match—handsome, successful, brilliant, everything you'd want your sperm to be.

 

Now she's meeting him at a hotel—along with two of her friends for backup—to complete the process. All should have gone smoothly, except when she learns that her sperm donor is the brother of the reporter that Mila has been dodging for months, and that while she originally only wanted this man's baby, she actually wants his sister, too. 

 

In a comedic story of LGBTQIA+ romance and millennial-specific drama, Mila finds that motherhood and dating are not compatible when you keep it all in the family and that the modern millennial woman might not actually be able to have it all. 

 

The first in a series of standalone lesbian and queer themed romance novels coming to ebook, audiobook, and paperback.

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6 Reviews

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“Thank you so much to Netgalley for this eARC! This was such a fun and easy read. I found myself laughing out loud many times and truly invested in the story. While there were a lot of side characters that felt a little underdeveloped, that didn't matter much to me because I liked the MCs and felt myself cheering for their successes. I really enjoyed all of the representation in this. There was a ton of diversity of race, gender, and orientation and it was all given the right amount of attention. Nothing felt glazed over or belabored. I'm at the age where I have quite a few friends who are going through their own pregnancy journies, and it's something I'm preparing for in the near future, so I felt like I was at the perfect point of my life to be the audience for this. There were about 3 spicy scenes and none of them made my skin crawl! Yay for sapphic intimacy that it actually realistic!! My only reasoning for the 4 stars, rather than 5, was that I felt like some of the pacing was off. The first half of the book felt slower and then there was a switch where everything was full steam ahead, in a way that just felt a little unnatural to me. All in all, though, I really enjoyed this and was glad to have the opportunity to read it! I definitely recommend it to romance fans, especially the girls, gays, and theys.”
“Trigger warning for people TTC in my opinion.”
“Thanks to NetGalley and Sarah Robinson for this ARC. Trigger warning, mentions of sexual assault, does not go into the details so really depends on an individual's sensitivity. First in a series. LGBT+ representation for both main and side characters. Main character has a routine pap with her Doctor. Doctor suggests freezing her eggs or having a baby soon as she would be considered a geriatric pregnancy at 34 year old. She decides she wants a baby and wants one now, second parental unit be damned. However sperm from a sperm bank costs $12000 a pop. In comes baby bank to save the day! (and her wallet) It's an app just like tinder where men make up a profile and offer up their sperm for free. She and her friends have a viewing party, drinking and laughing going through these men's profiles, it seems like a good time. It is funny and fairly lighthearted for the first half but goes a bit deeper in the second. A really enviable and lovely relationship between the main and her mom. Slow build love story.”
“A cute, sarcastic, funny story. The characters were relatable and hilarious. I found it enjoyable, yet not enough to become obsessed with it or to add it to my favorites. I do recommend this story if you're looking for a light hearted read to wind down with.”
“I was so excited to read this novel. The idea of a novel built around found family, queer love and the ways we choose to build our families especially with the help of those generous individuals who donate their dna is like catnip for me. I wanted the book to be so much better than it was. It touched on, but did not develop every. Single. Hot. Button. Topic. In queerdom. Also it seemed disjointed. First off the main character decides to become pregnant on what seems like a whim. Then there’s an open door spicy theme, but I wasn’t really aware that anyone liked each other. This book was very then this happened…then this happened…then this happened. The end. I think the idea was great. I just wanted it to be better.”

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